From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Wildenhues Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] manual: Fix or remove em dashes. Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 23:52:55 +0200 Organization: Department of Numerical Simulation, University of Bonn Message-ID: <20071009215255.GB3146@ins.uni-bonn.de> References: <20071009205755.GB31317@ins.uni-bonn.de> <20071009210530.GH31317@ins.uni-bonn.de> <18071eea0710091441n717c0a99p58a9b585d15cc778@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Thomas Adam X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Oct 09 23:53:51 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IfN1M-0005je-0v for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:53:44 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752833AbXJIVxf (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:53:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752773AbXJIVxf (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:53:35 -0400 Received: from merkur.ins.uni-bonn.de ([131.220.223.13]:40657 "EHLO merkur.ins.uni-bonn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752435AbXJIVxe (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:53:34 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (xdsl-87-78-163-242.netcologne.de [87.78.163.242]) by merkur.ins.uni-bonn.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BFF540000485; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 23:53:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ralf by localhost.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IfN0Z-0000r0-Py; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:52:55 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18071eea0710091441n717c0a99p58a9b585d15cc778@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hello, and sorry, this patch should be number 6/6 of course. * Thomas Adam wrote on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:41:41PM CEST: > On 09/10/2007, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > em dashes were used inconsistently in the manual. > > This changes them to the way they are used in US English. > > I find this particular patch to be rather odd; there is nothing > invalid in the way the em-dashes are used. No, not invalid, just inconsistent usage in the manual. > Why is it US English is somehow de facto over, say, proper English? > :) Oh, that was written quoting from memory and experience. But here's a quote to back it up, from as of now: | According to most American sources (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style) | and to some British sources (e.g., The Oxford Guide to Style), an em | dash should always be set closed (not surrounded by spaces). But the | practice in many parts of the English-speaking world[...] sets it | open [...] No, I did not write that! ;-) Cheers, Ralf